The Phantom of the Opera (mobi) by
Gaston Leroux
Very Entertaining, Very Engaging Book! Highly Recommended!!
Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The Phantom of the Opera (in French, Le Fantome de lOpera) is a French
novel by Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialization in Le
Gaulois from September 23, 1909 to January 8, 1910. Some believe it to
have been inspired by George du Mauriers Trilby. Trilby is based on real
events related to the Paris Opera House which Leroux investigated,
initiated by stories of an opera house ghost. Initially, the novel sold very
poorly and was even out of print several times during the twentieth century.
Today, it is considered to be a classic of French literature, though it is
overshadowed by its many subsequent adaptations. The novel was
translated into English in 1911. It has since been adapted many times into
film and stage productions, the most notable of which were the 1925 film
depiction and Andrew Lloyd Webbers 1986 musical, starring Michael
Crawford as the Phantom, Steve Barton as Raoul, and Sarah Brightman
as Christine, which is now the longest running Broadway show in history
and the most lucrative entertainment enterprise of all time, its worldwide
box office over the past 20 years out-grossing even the highest grossing
film in history, Titanic.
- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Personal Review: The Phantom of the Opera (mobi) by Gaston
Leroux
First of all - I would like to say that this is one of my most favorite novels!
I was first introduced to the story of the Phantom of the Opera back in
1998, when Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical came to my part of
town! I went to see the show, and needless to say, I instantly fell in love
with it! Not too soon thereafter, I started doing a little research into the
story, and found out that the original story had created by an author by the
name of Gaston Leroux. (I immediately went to one of the local book
stores, purchased my own copy of the novel, and read it from cover to
cover in a couple of days [with great interest and eagerness], and fell so
head-over-heels in love with the novel - that I couldn't tell that I was
walking upside-down for a while! LOL!)
This book and its author, are in my humble opinion, simply AMAZING! The
amount of detail - and the mental images that one can get/imagine while
reading this book - are WONDERFUL!! The book is not only well-written,
but it also has a great storyline, with full-bodied characters, unforgettable
lines, and wit and humor like you would never believe! (I truly wish that
Gaston Leroux were still alive - I would have *LOVED* to meet him in
person! He seems like he would have been such an interesting, funny
person!)
I, myself, have been to the Opera Garnier in Paris, France on a number of
different occasions - and can honestly say that it is the *PERFECT* setting
for a story like this! (As you walk through the marble-lined halls of "thee"
Opera, you can imagine Erik, the Opera Ghost, flitting about - darting
between the marble pillars, hiding behind the cascading red curtains,
sitting quietly as he silently observes you from Box Five!)
All in all, I would *HIGHLY* recommend this book to ANYONE! (Including
reading groups and school reading assignments!) I think that there are so
many great lessons that one could think of/learn from reading this book -
and perhaps, the book and it's lessons could gently touch another person's
heart the way it has touched mine!
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